Gutter mount



Oct. 20 1925- C. MEUNIER GUTTER MOUNT vFiled Feb. 20, 1925 /NVE/VTHChales Mum/Ier TTH/VEYS W/TJESSES Cil Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

CHARLES MEUNIER, on ennafryunox, NEW Yoan.`

i GUTTERMOUNT.

Application l'ed February Totali La-7mm rit may camera:

Be it known that I, @Hannes MEUNIER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Great Neck, in the county of Nassau and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Gutter Mount, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to gutter mounts and more particularly toimproved means for supporting a gutter Aor gutter hanger, an object ofthe invention being to provide means to permit the hanger to beremovably connected to its support and the latter located under thetile, slate or shingles forming the roof of a building or the like.

It is not only a diiiicultmatter to secure a gutter hanger on top ofslate and tile roofs but when they are so secured they disligure thebuilding, and it isthe purpose of my invention to provide improved meansfor supporting the gutter hanger, which means are located under thetile, slate or shingles and is hid from view so that the hanger does notdisfigure the building.

A further object is to provide a hanger supporting means which issecured to the roof before the slate, tile or shingles are attached sothat the building can be completed and the gutter with its hangers canbe connected to the support as a final completing operation.

In ordinary practice the gutters are con nected before the buildingoperation is com pleted, and the gutters not only become clogged withshavings, nails, pieces of wood', slate and the like, but they are bentor displaced or marred by the ladders used by painters and otherworkmen, and also by the handling of materials, and when my invention isemployed such distiguring of the gutter is entirely done away with asthe gutter can be attached as a final operation to the buildingstructure. Furthermore, my improved gutter may be readily removed,repaired and replaced without diliiculty and without marring or.injuring the building in any way. v

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe. claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a view showing a fragmentaryzo; 192s. serai no. nuns.V

section of a Ybuilding roof structure with `enlarged fragmentary per- -f1 slate or shingles, as indicated by reference character 2, are attachedin the ordinary manner. 3 represents myimproved hanger support` p Thissupport is composed prefer ablyof copper although the invention is, of

course, not limited tothe material' employed.

The support comprises a sheet of metal having its side portions bentinwardly, forming in eilectan elongated 'flat sleeve a, of 2such sizeandshajpe as to 'receive the -end of a hanger strap or bar 5 therein.

The support has, preferably, a transversely enlarged integral iiat plateG at its upper or free end, which is secured by screws or otherattaching means 7 positioned through openings 8 in the plate and securedin the roof structure l before the tile, slate, shingles and the likeare located on the roof structure. The lower or outer end of the supportprojects beyond the roof structure and has its extremity 9 located at anangle thereto and preferably strengthened and reinforced by an integralweb 10 located at the angle. This extremity 9 comprises a flat platevertically disposed and having at its side edges a pair of perforatedears 11.

The hanger strap or bar 5 above referred to is secured centrally to aclamp 12 which is positioned around and firmly grips the gutter 13 sothat the gutter is hung or suspended from a central point so thatexcessive weight thereon has no tendency to distort or bend the gutteror its hangers.

To secure the strap or bar 5 in the support I have illustrated a Cotterpin let which is projected through the perforated ears ll against theface of the strap or bar In Figure 4 I illustrate a modified form ofsupport in which instead of making the latter of a single piece Iconstruct the same of two pieces, one piece constituting a sliding platel5 having its edges 1G located under flanges 17 on the main portion ofthe support. This plate 15 is laterally oii'set longitudinally of itslength to accom1nodate the bar or-strap 5, and both members of thissupport are provided with openings 18 which accommodate screws or othersecuring means.

In operation, after' the roof structure is formed, my improved supports3 are secured thereon and spaced apart the desired distance. The tile,slate, shingles or the like are located on the roof and arranged tocover the supports, as indicated in Figure 1. After the buildingiscompleted or substantially completed the gut-ter 13 with its clamps 12and straps 5is assembled, and the straps 5 are bent at the desired angleso that the free ends of said straps are 1ocated at the same angle asthe supports 3 and can be slid into said supports. When the ends of thestraps are slid into the supports they are secured either by the cotterpins 14, or by bending the ears 11, or by any other improved means whichwill prevent the ends of the straps or bars 5 from sliding out of thesupports. If it is desired to remove the gutter for any reason, it is asimple matter to remove cotter pins, or unbend the ears and slide all ofthe .straps or bars from the supports.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general formof the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence Ido not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myselfat liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fallWithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: i

l. A gutter mount, comprising a flattened guide member constituting asupport and comprising upper and lower plates coupled at their edges,and a flat hanger strap, said member adapted to be secured under a roofcovering, and said strap yhaving its upper portion bent at an angle tothe main vertical portion thereof and telescoping Within said member,and means removably securing the strap in said member.

2. A gutter mount, comprising a flattened guide member constituting asupport, and a fiat hanger strap, said member' adapted to be securedunder a roof covering and said strap having its upper portion bent at anangle to the main vertical portion thereof and telescoping Within saidmember, perforated ears on the outer end of said member located atopposite edges of the strap, and a removable pin in said ears securingthe strap in the member.

CHARLES MEUNIER.

